CVE-2018-8960

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-03-13
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1561190: CVE-2018-8960 ImageMagick: heap-buffer-overflow in ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 does not properly restrict memory allocation, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.

Find out more about CVE-2018-8960 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Not affected

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